Mitchell urges a national defense including air force and aeronautics
Col. William Mitchell repeats charges against army and navy officials claiming air power is the chief defense, outlines a threefold national defense with air, land, and sea forces, and urges a distinct department of defense and a separate aeronautics department. The testimony criticizes leadership and cites Shenandoah and S-51 incidents as proof of aviation neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Col
William Mitchell
Aircraft Board
Bich Army
Navy
United States
Great Britain
America
Japan
Alaska
Army
Department of National Defense
Air Force
Department of Aeronautics
Mitchell
Air Service
Shenandoah
Hawaii
Morrow
Admiral Fletcher
General Harbord
International Parliamentary Union opens in Washington
Distinguished statesmen from thirty six countries attend the Interparliamentary union sessions in Washington. The conference opens with addresses by Secretary Kellogg and Senator McKinley, and a response from Baron Adelswaerd of Sweden.
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Washington
Interparliamentary Union
Kellogg
McKinley
Illinois
Baron Adelswaerd
Sweden
Council of the Union
Richard Mulcahy
Baltic diplomats fear new anti English bloc forming
Tchitcherin, the Soviet foreign minister, failed to win Germany against western Europe and is now said to seek a bloc with Russia Poland and Turkey. Baltic states report he urged Poland to start talks in Moscow for a political agreement. He then traveled to Berlin for a Russo German trade treaty.
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Tchitcherin
Germany
Russia
Europe
Poland
Turkey
Warsaw
Moscow
Tchsteherin
Berlin
Agriculture Secretary Threatens Action Over Market Manipulation
Secretary Jardine warned the Chicago Board of Trade to curb price manipulation or risk suspension or revocation of its designation as a contract market. He stressed that delay in reform would force government action to stabilize markets.
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Agriculture Jardine
Chicago Board of Trade
O'Connor
Federal Shipping Board
Fleet Corporation
Palmer
Chicago
Shipping Board
State Industrial Accident Board
Robert Lee Daniel
Austin
T. L. Werkenthin
Vera Swann
British Labor split as Reds face expulsion in Liverpool congress
The Labour Party factions clash at a national congress in Liverpool with conservatives pressing to purge Communists. The Reds lose a key vote to reverse last year’s ban on Communist party members. MacDonald and others attack the Reds over the Zinoviev letter.
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Ene
Great Britain
National Congress
Labor Party
Liverpool
Reds
Cramp
Labor Movement
Communist Party
Ramsay MacDonald
J. H. Thomas
MacDonald
Russia
Zinovieft
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health and motherhood
Mrs Mary R Benedict of Kewanee Illinois reports years of ill health improved after using the Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She now runs her household and praises the medicine to others hoping it helps other mothers. A Vermont reader also shares relief from infertility and backache after taking the same remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Benedict
Mary R. Benedict
Payson Street
Kewanee
Illinois
L E. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Vermont
Lydia E. Pinkay
Mra. Howe
Bridport
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Gloria Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Whorley
Tenn
Col. Mitchell
Nthe Naval Court of Inquiry
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Anton Heinen
Lansdowne
Heinen
Lieut. J. B. Anderson
Block Island
Rome
Ermany
Locarno
Switzerland
England
France
Smoot
Borah
White House
Pot
Bertie
Coolidge
Senate
Calliaux
Mellon
M. Calllaux
American Commission
Paris
M. Caillaux
Caillaux
Eco Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Wisconsin
United States Senate
E. F. Dithmar
Milwaukee
Roy P. Wilcox
National Organization
Ge AL Smith
Cook County
New Yorker
Austin News
Texas State Library
Mexico City
Texas
Greater Texas Speedway Association of Dallas
H. &. Wattinger
State Board of Control
Austin State School
Court of Criminal Appeals
C. H. Ford
Harris County
Gulf Refining Company
The
Texas Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Pierce Petroleum
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Gia
China
Dallas
Railroad Commission
W. Gregory Hatcher
Hatcher Sach
George Pendleton Day
Madisonville
H. O. Sappington
Day
University of Texas
Board of Regents
Margaret Brisbine
Houston
Huddle
Surrender of
Santa Anna
San Jacinto
Capitol
Fort Worth
Teachers’ College of Columbia University
New York
Ferguson
Board of Control
M. A. Ferguson
Hans Andersen
Fletcher
Father
Dad
Portland Cement Association
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